Building Bridges

Chapter Sixteen

-"Are you serious?!" Vivian's voice came from the end of the bridge.

We all returned to find her with Eva and Matt.

-"Yeah, he died with my son the day we decided to start rebuilding this damn bridge!" He said angrily.

-"Your son?" Vivian asked in surprise.

-"Yeah, you had a brother Vivian, but he died before you could even meet him, the last heir died fifteen years ago" Solomon said with pain mixed with anger.

-"Wait!" Eva said suddenly and we all looked at her as she walked towards me.

-"I can't believe it! Dylan may be your son! It means that you were living together without you feeling it!" She said while shaking me by the shoulders.

-"Wait! It's impossible, if Dylan were to be my son I would have recognized him, and if I am to say anything, his friend here is more like me than Dylan" Solomon said with a smile, and for the first time, I saw his dimples, and heaven above, he so resembles Steve, I would say father and son if I didn't know that Steve is the last heir to the Adamus family.

-"Wait, but why would you say that Dylan may be my son?" Solomon asked suddenly with a rised eyebrow.

-"Because I was found by the bridge about fifteen years ago with no memories" I said and he seemed to freeze.

-"Which side of the bridge?" He asked while looking so stiff.

-"The other side of the bridge" I said and Solomon fell to his knees hiding his face behind his hands and muttering some incoherent words.

-"Dad?" Vivian went to him and kneeled down at his level.

Solomon released a sob mixed with a laugh and let his hands down.

-"You are alive!" He said and stood up with tears running down his face and a smile, and walked to me.

I was surprised when I got crushed in a bear hug.

To tell the truth, I've never dreamed of receiving a ounce of kindness from my stepfather, and living this moment now...

-"I can't believe you were in front of me, all those years! I am so sorry!" He said and hugged me more.

-"Dad?" Vivian called suddenly.

-"Is he your son?" Matt talked for the first time since he came.

-"No, he is not my son, I told you my son died with my best friend" Solomon said.

-"Then why are you acting like that?" Vivian said.

-"He is Alexander's son" he released me and returned to them as he said it, and we heard a strange noise, and pain explode from my left shoulder.

-"I WON'T ALLOW IT" a voice shrieked by the end of the bridge.

Everyone turned to look at a lady holding a gun, she seemed in her late thirties, beautiful and rich according to her beautiful clothing.

-"MOM!" Steve suddenly said as he looked at her in horror.

-"Steve! Come here my son, mama wants you beside her" she said gently while looking at Steve warmly and in a caring way.

-"Anna? Since when did you get married? And what are you doing?" Solomon asked in surprise.

-"It's none of your business, he is my kid, and I made him the last heir of the Adamus family!" Anna said like she was loosing her mind.

-"Anna! You can't have kids, that's why the grandma at the time refused your marriage with Alex, so, who is this kid?" Solomon said and we all looked at Steve.

And strangely, he seemed calm, as if he knew about it.

-"Steve?" I asked and tried to stand up.

-"And why calling him Steve! That's my son's name!" Solomon said angrily and Anna's eyes went wide.

-"Nooo! He is NOT your son, he is MY son! I found him, I raised him, HE IS mine!" She said and grabbed Steve's arm and dragged him to her side.

-"You won't take my son away from me, God gifted him to me" she said like a mad person holding Steve with a hand, and the gun with the other and waving him hysterically.

-"Where did you found the kid Anna?" Solomon asked gently.

-"Down the bridge" she said calmly.

-"When?" Solomon asked again gently.

-"About fifteen years ago" she said.

-"What are you hiding more Anna? Where is Alexander?" He asked suddenly.

-"I buried him with my own hands, and I rised his son, Alexander wasn't suited to take the role of the last heir, he wanted to rebuild the bridge and forget what the filthy Stevenson family did to our family generations ago, so I wanted to put some brain in his head, and I was late, and got greeted by his death, and I found  his son alive, but he seemed to forget everything, so I took him in as mine, and made him the last heir to the Adamus Family!" She said proudly.

-"You are so stupid, you ruined the life of a lot of people! You took my son, you raised the last heir of the Stevenson family and made him an Adamus you bitch!" Solomon said angrily.

I looked down at the water, down the bridge, did she meant my dad drowned?

-"NOO! You are LYING!" Anna started screaming and waging the gun madly again.

-"You are holding my son, Steve Stevenson, and here's Alexander's son!" They all returned to me.

-"ADAM ADAMUS!" Eva screamed suddenly in surprise.

So I do have a name.

-"NO! NO! There is only one heir, and that's Steve!" Anna said and aimed the gun my direction, and I couldn't take a step back, because I was at the end of this side of the bridge, the broken part.

Suddenly, gunshots went off, and I couldn't feel any, because someone slammed into me and we went off the bridge, down on empty space, and the last thing I felt was the pain of slamming into cold glass water.